From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 13:28:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F7DD37B401 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C15043FAF for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:28:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paulbeard@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (12-231-115-57.client.attbi.com[12.231.115.57](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20030810202759015006j4m4e>; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:27:59 +0000 Message-ID: <3F36AACD.7040904@mac.com> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:27:57 -0700 From: paul beard User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030731 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jeremy D. Pavleck" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:28:00 -0000 Jeremy D. Pavleck wrote: > Greetings All, > I initially tried to install FreeBSD something like 4 years ago and > failed miserably, and went to linux. (Hardware wasn't completely > compatible with FreeBSD). > Recently my Debian server motherboard died on me, prompting me to prepare > a list of new parts for a new box. Because I still use FreeBSD everyday > (diffrent server) and the whole SCO thing, I want to try again to setup a > freebsd box. > To make sure I don't have a compatibility problem, I'd appreciate it if > someone would look at this "wish list" > > http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=385191 > > And tell me if, in your opinion, all of these parts would be compatible > with FBSD 5.1. (Of course, I'm mainly concerned about the MB - it's an all > in one solution, and the NIC) > Why go with 5.1? Try 4.8 for now and get used to FreeBSD. 5.2 will be ready when you are. -- Paul Beard whois -h whois.networksolutions.com ha=pb202 Anybody who doesn't cut his speed at the sight of a police car is probably parked.